1st Conference: Football Injuries: Facts, Excuses and Myths
admin.periodizacao2025-07-24T15:35:23+00:00David Tenney, High Performance Director for Austin FC, experienced Coach in MLS. Talks with us about the huge increase on hamstring injuries in the last 20 years. Hamstring injury rates have increased during recent seasons and now constitute 24% of all injuries in men’s professional football: the UEFA Elite Club Injury Study from 2001/02 to 2021/22 (Ekstrand et al 2022) TP: What’s your opinion on the following frequent argument? “There’s more intensity now than 20 years ago”. David Tenney: I think people think about intensity and they think purely volumes of running at fast speeds, or volumes of [...]







